Maritza
#2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #6,407
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 780 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,153since 1945
Maritza over time
Rank among girls' names. Maritza has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,822 | 60 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,231 | 84 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,156 | 88 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,898 | 106 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,057 | 93 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,924 | 99 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,773 | 115 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,677 | 124 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,529 | 144 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,439 | 160 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,199 | 208 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,205 | 202 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,138 | 211 | — | |
| 2012 | #841 | 317 | — | |
| 2011 | #871 | 300 | — | |
| 2010 | #804 | 340 | — | |
| 2009 | #683 | 426 | — | |
| 2008 | #565 | 545 | — | |
| 2007 | #529 | 590 | — | |
| 2006 | #495 | 615 | — | |
| 2005 | #403 | 780 | — | |
| 2004 | #416 | 735 | — | |
| 2003 | #558 | 495 | — | |
| 2002 | #566 | 468 | — | |
| 2001 | #529 | 506 | — | |
| 2000 | #552 | 474 | — | |
| 1999 | #600 | 406 | — | |
| 1998 | #550 | 451 | — | |
| 1997 | #513 | 469 | — | |
| 1996 | #472 | 525 | — | |
| 1995 | #477 | 517 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #447 | 567 | — | |
| 1993 | #430 | 583 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #427 | 591 | — | |
| 1991 | #412 | 620 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #485 | 501 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #503 | 467 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #578 | 353 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #537 | 375 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #514 | 403 | — | |
| 1985 | #644 | 287 | — | |
| 1984 | #597 | 301 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #604 | 293 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #627 | 287 | — | |
| 1981 | #603 | 306 | — | |
| 1980 | #550 | 339 | — | |
| 1979 | #587 | 308 | — | |
| 1978 | #694 | 229 | — | |
| 1977 | #610 | 276 | — | |
| 1976 | #559 | 301 | — | |
| 1975 | #585 | 280 | — | |
| 1974 | #562 | 290 | — | |
| 1973 | #573 | 281 | — | |
| 1972 | #563 | 294 | — | |
| 1971 | #569 | 308 | — | |
| 1970 | #569 | 320 | — | |
| 1969 | #568 | 299 | — | |
| 1968 | #611 | 247 | — | |
| 1967 | #612 | 241 | — | |
| 1966 | #609 | 243 | — | |
| 1965 | #622 | 246 | — | |
| 1964 | #674 | 229 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #681 | 218 | — | |
| 1962 | #667 | 233 | — | |
| 1961 | #650 | 248 | — | |
| 1960 | #689 | 217 | — | |
| 1959 | #712 | 197 | — | |
| 1958 | #776 | 166 | — | |
| 1957 | #924 | 123 | — | |
| 1956 | #977 | 107 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,010 | 98 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,057 | 86 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,199 | 65 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
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| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Maritza! It came in at #4,556, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1946, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Maritza is popular in 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#239 · 1 in 1,168
- Arizona#261 · 1 in 1,160
- Nevada#305 · 1 in 1,251
- Texas#348 · 1 in 1,787
- Washington#361 · 1 in 1,612
Best ever in a state: #151 in Arizona, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #239 | 201 | 1 in 1,168 |
| Arizona | #261 | 33 | 1 in 1,160 |
| Nevada | #305 | 10 | 1 in 1,251 |
| Texas | #348 | 93 | 1 in 1,787 |
| Washington | #361 | 19 | 1 in 1,612 |
| Illinois | #388 | 35 | 1 in 1,947 |
| Nebraska | #411 | 5 | 1 in 1,684 |
| Oregon | #424 | 9 | 1 in 1,832 |
| New Mexico | #451 | 5 | 1 in 1,685 |
| Colorado | #467 | 12 | 1 in 2,111 |
| North Carolina | #473 | 20 | 1 in 2,355 |
| Kansas | #581 | 5 | 1 in 2,764 |
| Indiana | #600 | 10 | 1 in 3,308 |
| Georgia | #602 | 17 | 1 in 3,167 |
| Utah | #625 | 6 | 1 in 3,144 |
| New York | #646 | 26 | 1 in 3,713 |
| Alabama | #651 | 6 | 1 in 3,397 |
| Florida | #691 | 22 | 1 in 4,051 |
| Wisconsin | #706 | 6 | 1 in 4,196 |
| Virginia | #723 | 9 | 1 in 4,207 |
| Oklahoma | #724 | 5 | 1 in 3,501 |
| New Jersey | #739 | 9 | 1 in 4,523 |
| South Carolina | #741 | 5 | 1 in 3,790 |
| Tennessee | #860 | 6 | 1 in 5,297 |
| Michigan | #1,121 | 6 | 1 in 7,866 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,313 | 5 | 1 in 11,067 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Maritza
- 591 spots since 2024 (#2,231 → #2,822)
- 898 spots since 2020 (#1,924 → #2,822)
- 1,623 spots since 2015 (#1,199 → #2,822)
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1958 (#924 → #776)
- Biggest drop: 297 spots in 2013 (#841 → #1,138)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 2005 at #403 (780 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1956–2012
- Highest: 1 in 2,369 girls born in 2005 were named Maritza (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,788 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.3% of all girls named Maritza (5,634) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 23 | #4,345 (1947) | #4,699 |
| 1950s | 896 | #712 (1959) | #1,397 |
| 1960s | 2,421 | #568 (1969) | #638 |
| 1970s | 2,887 | #559 (1976) | #587 |
| 1980s | 3,411 | #503 (1989) | #576 |
| 1990s | 5,230 | #412 (1991) | #481 |
| 2000s | 5,634 | #403 (2005) | #530 |
| 2010s | 2,121 | #804 (2010) | #1,248 |
| 2020s | 530 | #1,898 (2022) | #2,181 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Maritza in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
More about 2006
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1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 3,091 of them was named Maritza, which outranked 97.5% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #492Halle626
- #492Kailyn626
- #494Hadley620
- #495Maritza615
- #495Cristina615
- #497Elisabeth613
- #498Marisa611
- #499Carla610
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.